Ex-London mayor repeats claim that Blair ignored advice that intervention in Iraq would make UK a target for terrorismTony Blair was guilty of “criminal irresponsibility” for launching the Iraq war in 2003 based on the testimony of one discredited local politician who said that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, Ken Livingstone has said.
The former London mayor spoke out as he defended his claim final week that Blair was to blame for the 52 deaths in the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005 after ignoring warnings that the invasion of Iraq would provoke terrorists.
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Source: theguardian.com